Ascents as trad by Ben Hanley

First shot hanging the draws in the first half for grace. Second shot came off at the crux moves above the 3rd bolt. Third shot linked the route on Grace's gear for the top section.

Challenging thin climbing in the bottom half to a great rest at halfway, where you can build an absolute nest of cams, to easier climbing above.

Tricky start to easier climbing and better gear above.

Didn't want to try the jump, but thankfully could place several pieces of gear from the ground before pulling on to the harder start. Tricky sustained climbing with a good rest at halfway.

Two shots on top rope, second time clean. Very easy to set up an anchor and rappel in from above. The start was quite tough and looked like it would be challenging to protect well.

Flailed around on the crux moves on my first go, trying to work it all out again. Went second go. Total 6 shots across two trips.

Good climbing and gear the whole way. The old rape and tat anchor at the top leaves a little to be desired.

Lucy's second day climbing outdoors and first multi-pitch.

First route of the trip getting back on this, and the scene of probably my scariest fall, ripping my top two pieces of gear and ending up below Grace... Turns out I didn't quite remember my gear beta from last time.

After a decent sit-down at the base of the route to regather my nerves, I went back up to have a look for better gear, and with an extra few micro-cams than last time was able to lace it up a bit more to my liking.

Got back just before the wall came into the sun and it felt much better this time. Nice to be able to put this one to bed.

Not sure why I rated this so poorly last time I was here. Interesting movements to a full on jamming finish. Definitely wore the wrong shoes and my toes were complaining...

Trying to figure out the moves on TR. Not too hard until the upper half of the route.

A lap trying to figure out potential gear. Managed to protect it adequately without any RPs and only 2 micro cams (although a bunch more micro cams would have been gladly welcomed).

Clean TR lap.

Got to see Grace Mackie get the tick afterwards! but between tired fingers and a healthy amount of fear I didn't end up tying into the sharp end.

Just P1 to access Impulse anchors

First route of the trip and a good guage of where I'm at with my crack climbing. Which was alright but much weaker than previous trips. Great route and bomber gear.

Was surprised to find I'd been on it before as I couldn't remember a single thing about it. More face climbing than crack climbing, with good gear. Some slightly tricky moves at halfway.

Last time I saw this route the magic block was still in place, definitely looks harder now.

Relatively straightforward climbing up to the roof at halfway. A combination of arm-bars, knee-scums and grunting got me through the off-width roof crux, only to be super flamed for the top hand crack.

Interesting climbing with sometimes spaced but otherwise good gear. A difficult route to attempt to onsight, but happy that I have it a go. Hardest i've tried on onsight in a long while.

up to the crux to figure out new beta. was able to stick the crux move.

came off at the crux aftrer missing the mono pocket

was able to get further through the crux but still just couldn't stick it. fingers too sore to keep going with the mono pocket.

A great route that climbs rather differently than how you would expect looking at it from the ground. Good gear and big jugs if you look for them.

Was meant to be a quick outing for a rest day morning. Ended up taking several hours and mostly sitting in the cold shivering. Some good climbing, but definitely should not have linked the last two pitches as the rope drag was horrendous.

Top rope lap. Surprised myself with being able to do almost all the moves despite my sore fingers. Hand to pull through the crux, just could not figure out a way through. Awesome route.

Climbed to set up a tip rope for grace on debutantes. Kinda committing getting established on the right wall. Good gear.

Had to hang around under the roof for a little while to figure out the moves. Ended up climbing through much of it on face holds rather than using the often tenuous jams.

Much better when you know the beta and where to chuck in your gear.

A massively underrated route I reckon. Looks kinda terrible from the ground but it climbs really well, with the exception of a short thrutchy section in the middle. Can get away without any big gear.

Great movement on nice holds. The gear gets a bit spaced up high, but seems pretty solid.

Easy on gear up to the bolts and then really technical. Went the wrong way at the top and got some large air.

Felt more comfortable knowing the beta

Fun movement on mostly good gear, a little run out through the middle

Some nice moves on rock not very typical of Arapiles.

Couldn't quite relax enough to enjoy this one. Good gear.

First route of the trip. Feeling a bit shaky after 2 weeks not climbing.

Lead as a single pitch, and geez what a line! Consistent crack climbing up to the roof, a couple of stonker placements and then some bloody bold moves.

I forgot how painful constantly jamming with one foot is! Took up triples of #1,2,3 camelots but really wished I had three more #3's

Lead as a single pitch, and safe to say this is a mega classic! Well protected the whole way except for the final few metres, but there is bomber gear beforehand.

tricky moves to start (although much easier when taller) leading to enjoyable juggy climbing above.

great first pitch, but the traverse and then grovelly chimney of the second pitch took away from the enjoyment of the route. Also don't really know how it took us 4 hours....

After Rick's solid lead attempt, I went up on pre-placed gear to the crux. Took a few good falls from the crux mantle before finding the crucial hold. Still felt stressed through the climbing from the ledge even though I had seconded through it before.

back on it for another attempt after several years. came unstuck with a foot slip at the start of the undercling section, but don't think I would have had enough juice left in me to finish. Will have to come back for it again

enjoyable face climbing.

Great climbing through interesting terrain. Jamming is a required skill for the initial crack, with fun moves through the overhangs higher up.